5 Things to Watch for in Chelsea Clinton's Wedding

Proving the rumor-mongers right many months later, Chelsea Clinton is engaged to marry Marc Mezvinsky. Gossips got it wrong at first, though, when rumors swirled that the duo were secretly plotting a wedding this summer in Martha's Vineyard that the Obamas would attend. Oddly, pundits are relatively quiet now that the engagement is in the realm of fact. Here's what they are watching for:

Powerful Parents Bonding Over Scandalous Pasts, writes David Sessions at Politics Daily. "Like Clinton, Mezvinsky is the child of a political couple: his
parents, Ed Mezvinsky and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, were Democratic
representatives from Iowa and Pennsylvania, respectively. The engaged
couple also share a familiarity with political scandal. Mezvinsky's
father spent five years in prison for defrauding investors of more than
$10 million."

The Obamas? says Andrew Quinn at Reuters. "The rumors had the Obama family attending the wedding that didn't
happen. Now that it's real, wonder whether the former first family will
invite the current first family to the event."

Fancy CateringFrank James at NPR notes that the couple won't have any money worries. "Chelsea works for a hedge fund, Mezvinksky is a Goldman Sachs
investment banker, so this will be a marriage that starts off fairly
well-capitalized. And that's without taking into account the millions of dollars the
future bride's parents, former President Bill Clinton, and Secretary of
State, made on their biographies and the continuing cash haul the
former president rakes in from speeches."

Religious Negotiation writes Ruth Abrams at Interfaith Family. Remarking that Mezvinsky is Jewish, she says "It will be interesting to see how the famous couple handles the interfaith aspects of their relationship."

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Benjamin Carlson is a Beijing correspondent for Agence France-Presse.He has written for Rolling Stone, the New Republic, and Esquire.